Forces and Motion
What's the Matter?
Weather
Cells and Traits
Ecosystems
100
An invisible pulling force that acts like an anchor, keeping our feet on the ground and preventing us from floating into space ?
What is gravity?
100
When something changes how it looks, feels, or its state (solid, liquid, or gas), but no new substance is made
What is a physical change?
100
A special tool used to measure temperature (how hot or cold something is). It tells you if the air outside is perfect for playing, helps a doctor check if you have a fever when you are sick, and even ensures your food is cooked safely.
What is a thermometer?
100
Type of traits that is passed down from parents to offspring. Examples include height, eye color, and hair type.
What is an inherited trait?
100
A small fish will eat other smaller fish and algae from a lake. Since it eats other organisms to get energy it is known as this.
What is a consumer?
200
An invisible force that slows down or stops moving objects when two surfaces rub against each other.
What is friction?
200
is when two or more things mix together to make an entirely new substance. Because a new thing is made, you usually cannot change it back to the way it was.*
What is a chemical change?
200
The scientific process where an invisible gas (like water vapor) cools down and turns back into a liquid. Think clouds, foggy windows, "sweaty" cups etc.
What is condensation?
200
This is the body’s superhighway. It uses blood to deliver oxygen and food to all your cells and carries away waste. Powered by the heart, this incredible network of tubes reaches every corner of your body and works 24/7 in a loop that takes less than 60 seconds to complete
What is the circulatory system?
200
Arrows in food chains and food webs represents this.
What is the movement of energy.
300
It measures how much distance an object covers in a certain amount of time, telling you exactly how quickly something gets from one place to another. [1, 2]
What is speed?
300
Mr. Greaves has a glass that weighs 100g. He fills it with 20g of ice cubes. The ice cubes melt! How much does the glass and the now liquid water weigh?
What is 120 grams?
300
The Earth spinning tilted on its axis causes this to happen!
What are seasons?
300
List these terms in order from smallest to largest:
Organ Tissue Cells Organism Organ System
Cells
Tissues
Organs
Organ System
Organism
300
A habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the salt water of the ocean.
What is an estuary?
400
Mr. Greaves drove 100 miles in 2 hours. He drove at a constant speed (did not gain or lose speed). What is the speed he drove. Units count!
What is 50 miles per hour?
400
A special material that stops or slows down the movement of heat. Think of it like a cozy winter blanket for objects—it keeps hot things hot and cold things cold by acting as a barrier!
What are insulators?
400
A special tool used by meteorologists (weather scientists) to measure how fast the wind is blowing!
What is an anemometer?
400
Mr. Greaves and his sister can speak Italian (kind of :) but his brother can not. It's not because they are smarter, but because language is this type of behavior.
What is a learned behavior!
400
It means all the members of one specific kind of living thing (species) in a certain place at the same time.
Example: All the frogs living in one pond make up that pond's frog_________.
What is population?
500
Starting from his parked car, Mr. Greaves began to walk to the school. He paused for a few seconds, checking his pockets for his keys. Realizing they were in his back pocket, he continued to walk towards the school. Draw the motion of Mr. Greaves on your whiteboards!
500
The Law of Conservation of Matter tells us while matter can change form it can not do this...
What is be created or destroyed. Stuff has to go somewhere !!!! (spoilers: usually turns into gas)
500
The edge of a cool air mass that usually causes thunderstorms or severe weather and leaves cooler calmer weather as it quickly passes! Represented by blue triangles on a weather map!
What is a cold front?
500
They are the tiny instructions found inside every cell of an organism's They determine it's inherited and instinctual traits.
What are genes ( will take DNA) ?
500
Consider the food chain: grass=> grasshopper=> frog=> snake. What would happen to the other organisms' populations is the the grasshopper population died?
Use the words increase and decrease
Grass population would increase.
Frog population would decrease.
Snake population would decrease.